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Poisons from Without

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The poisons which hitherto have been mentioned are those developed within the body, especially in the intestine. It is not alone important...

Posture

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Posture One o f the simplest and most effective methods of avoiding self-poisoning is by maintaining an erect posture. In an erect posture...

Constipation | Poison

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Constipation If the human body be likened to a steam-engine, its wastes correspond to the ashes. Retention of Body Wastes The injury w...

Hard, Bulky, and Uncooked Foods

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Hard, Bulky, and Uncooked Foods The wise choice of foods does not consist entirely in balancing the ration as to protein, fat, and carbohydr...

Protein Foods

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Protein, Fat, and Carbohydrate In the last section it was stated that food is fuel. But there is one constituent of food which, while it ca...

Food

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FOOD Section I—Quantity of Food The body has often been compared to a blacksmith’s forge, the lungs being the bellows and food the coal....

Clothing

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Clothing Air may be shut out not only by tight houses but also by tight clothes. It follows that the question of clothing is closely relat...

Housing | How to Live by Irving Fisher and Eugene Lyman Fisk

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Housing Air is the first necessity of life. We may live without food for days and without water for hours; but we cannot live without air ...